BIB_ID
287433
Accession number
MA 3154.30
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
1832 Sept. 22.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 80 letters from William Collins to his wife Harriet Geddes Collins and 35 letters primarily to William Collins from various friends and acquaintances. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3154.1-115).
Signed "Your affectionate Husband / William Collins."
Watermark: DEWENEY & TREMLETT / 1828.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / 30 Porchester Terrace / Bayswater / London."
Signed "Your affectionate Husband / William Collins."
Watermark: DEWENEY & TREMLETT / 1828.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs William Collins / 30 Porchester Terrace / Bayswater / London."
Summary
Concerning plans to return to his "darling wife." Discussing the kindness of his hosts, the Parrys, a trip to Westmoreland with Sir George Beaumont "fourteen years ago," and an invitation to spend two or three days with the Wordsworths. Instructing his sons to "do whatever their Mamma wishes."
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